M. A. Salam
Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute, Pahartali, Chittagong, Bangladesh
A. S. M. H. Masum
Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh
S. S. Chowdhury
Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute, Pahartali, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Monoranjan Dhar
Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh
M. A. Saddeque
Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute, Gazipur, Bangladesh
M. R. Islam
Ministry of Establishment, Bangladesh Secretariat, Bangladesh
ABSTRACT
The study was conducted to determine the effect of grafting on the growth, yield and control of wilt disease of watermelon. Grafting of watermelon on bottle gourd root stock significantly reduced the wilt disease in the field. Grafting also produced higher number of fruits per plant (5.25) and larger fruit (30.30 cm) which ultimately produced higher yield (56.92 t/ha‾1) than non grafted plants. The grafts produced 3.5 times higher yield than non grafts.
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M. A. Salam, A. S. M. H. Masum, S. S. Chowdhury, Monoranjan Dhar, M. A. Saddeque and M. R. Islam, 2002. Growth and Yield of Watermelon as Influenced by Grafting. Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 298-299.
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2002.298.299
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2002.298.299
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2002.298.299
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2002.298.299